Sr Principal, Product Strategist

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The Office of the CTO serves as a strategic and operational partner to the Chief Technology Officer, enabling the simultaneous leadership of a global technical organization and active governance of the Workday enterprise. Operating across three pillars—Platform, Enterprise and Market, and Strategic Initiatives—the team drives alignment and execution across the Platform Organization and with cross-functional stakeholders. By institutionalizing support for operational excellence, strategic initiatives, and market influence, the office maximizes the CTO’s leverage and accelerates enterprise-wide impact.

The Senior Principal, Product Strategist will partner across Workday to define the Platform Organization’s product strategy and guide product investment and corporate development decisions in support of that strategy. This role reports to the Vice President, Platform Strategy and Operations.

• Partner across Workday to define, evangelize and maintain a unified product strategy for the Platform Organization
• Identify and assess new market, customer and business opportunities to inform strategic decision-making
• Support the evaluation of partnerships and corporate development opportunities, including leading product work streams for M&A from initial strategic assessment and diligence through post-close integration
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Platform leadership on product vision, investment priorities and emerging trends
• Contribute to strategic and financial planning, ensuring product roadmaps are aligned to the Platform Organization’s objectives and operating model

• Partner with Platform leadership, Finance and other stakeholders to define and monitor investment principles and success metrics, ensuring resources are aligned with strategic priorities and business impact
• Represent the Platform organization in strategic cross-functional forums to ensure alignment with Workday’s overall strategy and priorities

• 15+ years of experience in product strategy, product management or engineering leadership within an enterprise product or platform organization
• Demonstrated experience defining and executing multi-year enterprise product or platform strategies at global scale
• Experience evaluating and executing M&A and managing strategic partnerships to support growth
• Strong technical fluency, with the ability to engage deeply with engineering teams on platform architecture and connect technical decisions to product strategy and investment priorities

• Proven strategic advisor and…